Second, the president acknowledged the history of droughts in California. The president did refer to scientific findings with respect to climate change and severity of storms. He added, “Scientists will debate whether a particular storm or drought reflects patterns of climate change” with respect to this specific drought, but he went on to say that changing temperatures can effect droughts in more damaging ways.

My guess is that Crisp did not hear or read Obama’s speech but rather heard a conservative commentator’s take on it. Par for the course.

For the record, I think the Obama administration (with Congress) is doing next to nothing meaningful to reduce carbon emissions. In fact, they are allowing energy companies to export carbon-based fuels to Asia and other countries that have even less regulation on their use.